MY SEWING ROOM, DAY TWO (still Day One, really!)

 

My DH sent me this funny.....😆😇😉😊

I know it is Day Two of the Declutter Challenge----

but I am still in the throes of Day One...

And, will be for a while....

If anything....

My cutting table looks WORSE...

but some things have been culled out

and are now in little boxes...

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Here are photos of my room as it stands now:

There IS a cutting table under all that!!!!

And.....

The Monster in the Room below

👀👀👀👀

👿👽👺👹

Le Fabrique Closet!!!!

This needs a lot of work...

Ya Think????

and

That upper shelf houses--

who knows what????

👻💀👮👤👤👤👤

That is one of the "mystery corners"

;000000

B U T, B U T,....

fear not intrepid followers:;))))

But I leave you with a

Spic-and-Span

sewing machine and area

to actually sew on...

Y A Y!!!!

 

I love it...💙💚💛💜💝

And so, mes amies,

I am off to do my 1st 15 minute stint

[ummm after my coffee of course]

And I am keepin' on...

keepin' on...

⇩⇩⇩⇩

"...Rollin, rollin, rollin,

keep those dogies rollin'..."

Hugs to you all,

especially if you made 

it this far...;)))

Julierose,

La Blageuse

("Still-crazy-after-all-these-years"-euse)

[About sewing that is...haha]

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR, et al

Since I find myself at

6's &7's --

{??????}

about what -- 

or how--

 to begin

sewing

..............

↯↯↯↯

I thought I would Join In on the 

Youtube's--

 "Just Get It Done" 

Declutter Challenge...

So, today we set our timers for 15 minutes

and will begin taking any extraneous

items out of the sewing room...

Tom slept in this morning so, I 

actually went to YouTube and 

unsubscribed

to any videos that I don't

usually watch...

that is my first "Decluttering"

Next i will go into 

my room, trash bag in hand

and 

make a 

Start....

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We were kept awake long 

after midnight by local

fireworks....and--

once i had passed by my

normal bedtime hour, 

I found myself wide awake

until 2 a.m.

👀👀👀👀

All in all my first 2024 night

was spent tossing and

turning pretty much...

S  I  G  H................

Tom has volunteered to make his

Swedish Meatballs 

for our meal today, so

i won't have to be cooking

or doing any prep work...

 that is a good thing..

:)))))))))))))

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H A P P Y 

N E W   Y E A R 

to you all 

and

to those

you hold

D E A R ! 

Hugs, 

Julierose,

La blageuse

(yawning-already-euse)

 

DAYS OF MY LIFE.....

 

I have set up my new Journal for 2024

Above is the cover holding

my 2024 Hobonichi Techo Weeks

life book

below:

My color for the New Year is

lavender....

My Monthly at-a-glance calendar 

is all set up for appointments, etc.

And below, my weekly/daily 

at-a-glance 

is ready to go also...

It has my meals (L) for each day and 

on the little right square a daily reminder for

my allergy pill and my daily eye drops...

On the 2nd page (R) is just a daily few lines

for things I want to remember...

AND

I also put the time I get up, temp,

and weather on the gray-colored line...

[that little diamond encrusted wing is

left over from an older broken 

charm bracelet-- as is the

little beach sandal...]

Here, below are my actual diary

pages, watercolored and 

"stickerized" :

(this should be a word hahaha!!)

Sections are dated, the moon phase 

is hand-drawn and

colored-in 

for each daily entry...

My spine danglers are

a poodle (blue)

for my little growing up doggie

"Jou-Jou"

and a mother-of-pearl heart with a 

butterfly that a close friend

gifted me...

I visit my Journal 1st thing

each morning....;))))

anchoring my day....

then,,,,,,

I usually do my crossword and

check blogland for

comments and posts...

 

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As this old year closes and

the "Janus" doorway opens to

2024, I want to thank all

my followers and readers

for the lovely comments and 

 support and encouragement

for all of my projects..

I truly appreciate you all--

:))))))))))))))

💓💙💚💛💜💝

Many many hugs,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

{see-you-all-in-2024-euse}

P.S.  Do any of you remember that

soap opera--

"Days of Our Lives"???

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

TO YOU ALL...

A Christmas Remembrance....

{A gift from a wonderful friend who 

has since gone on before me...}

"Je me souviens,,, Pat"

🙏

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I will be back after the holidays....

:)))))))

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

"HAVE YOURSELF A SCRAPPY LITTLE CHRISTMAS..."

 

Here is my scrappy little

table mat...

It just needs borders and

quilting...

AND...

I will be adding one more row

of "Golden" Ojos to the right

centering the white ones...

I STILL seem to have more scraps and

cut-offs left in my two baggies...

It's a Christmas miracle how

they multiply ;)))))

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My Raspberry cactus has decided to

give me a couple more blooms after

dropping most of its buds

on its way home...

You can almost see through the petals....

One little piece broke off, so

I've put it in water to develop more

roots and then I will pot it in

soil.....

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We see a lot of these folks in the late

afternoons...

Resting under our little lit tree...

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I hope these days leading up to

Christmas are fun for you....

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(humming-carols-euse)

CRUMB BLOCKS, et al--Sewing on a Stormy Monday

 

After making the Christmas Ojos for a while,

I wanted to use up the crumbs and cut-offs

from those...

The "crumb" works are on the right above

Below are some closer up pix↧↧↧↧

And these

Will I just set them all together, or make them

into separate blocks with a sashing...????

Stay tuned,,,,,

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I am now making some more Ojos with golden centers...

They take quite a while to put together...

in groups of 4...

on telephone paper 4" squares...

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We seem to be in a lull at noon here

from the storms that hit us.

We had a "white knuckle"

drive over the CT River Bridge 

this morning to my 

Clinic appointment.

Looking outside now it seems impossible

that the storms have totally cleared up

and the sun is shining brightly...

P H E W 

glad that's over with...

I am not a fan of driving on bridges to

begin with, so i was really happy

that Tom drove us..

👫

This afternoon is for resting up

with a leftover meatloaf for

dinnertime...

so no cooking today...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(can-you-believe-only-7

days-til-Christmas-euse?)

ROW-A-DAY CROCHET. et al

 

I am crocheting away on my afghan

each early morning.  

One row

[--and sometimes 2--]

is just the right amount

 to allow me to

crochet without my 

hands hurting...

I use this as a slow way to

ease into most days...

It seems to ground me...

The slow repetitive motions

are soothing...

Today I changed colors and

added this amazing

pink that looks like my 

raspberry cactus 

which is ready to bloom

↧↧↧

Another pretty color from 

"Miss Babs" yarn online that

I had gotten years ago...

👀👀👀

My Raspberry cactus sits 

in between

the peach and white...

It originally came with buds already

blooming, but then abruptly stopped when 

I moved it to this new location--

but now, it seems happy to be

with its friends :))) 

Maybe I will have 3 blooming

at the same time...

What a treat on these

cold, gray days...

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The good family news is that Tom is

feeling much better; and we 

think/hope that this has

cleared up on its own; and

was most likely just a partial

obstruction; his plan to stop

food intake and walk a lot

[this is what his hospital stays

included]

seems to have worked...

P H E W !!!

AND

Jeff, is feeling better after testing

positive for Covid last

Thursday...😓

He got really

sick--bed sick--

as he called it...

but  he is now slowly 

feeling better.

Just totally exhausted...

and still symptomatic...

We shall see what this means

for our Christmas gathering....

Stay safe out there, guys;

latest booster + flu shots

to keep healthy during this

run up to the Holidays

It's still out there!!!

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(crocheting-euse)